R v Richard Caine (No 3) [2024] NSWDC 387

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Richard Caine (No 3) [2024] NSWDC 387 Hearing dates: 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28 June 2024; 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 July 2024; 1 August 2024. Date of orders: 28 August 2024 Decision date: 28 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: McGuire SC DCJ Decision: Multiple verdicts that on the limited evidence available, the accused committed the offences charged. For verdicts see [146]. Catchwords: Crime – special hearing – Judge alone – historical child sex offending – tendency evidence – coincidence evidence. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bauer v R [2018] HCA 40 Christophers v R [2000] WASCA 308 Eades v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2010] NSWCA 241; (2010) 77 NSWLR 17 Ewen v R [2015] NSWCCA 117 Fitzgerald v Kennard (1995) 38 NSWLR 184 Harkin v R (1989) 38 A Crim R 296 Neto v R [2020] NSWCCA 128 Question of Law (No. 1 of 1993) (1993) 59 SASR 214 R v Beserick (1993) 30 NSWLR 510 R v Ian Bruce Lumsden [1997] NSWSC 371 R v Manson (NSWCCA, Gleeson CJ, Clarke JA and Sully J, 60773/91, 60820/91, 17 February 1993, unreported) R v Mueller (2005) 62 NSWLR 476 R v Murray (1987) 11 NSWLR 12 R v Senge (2021) 292 A Crim R 134 Waldron v R [2023] NSWCCA 128 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex Richard Caine (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Crown: Mr J Mehta (Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)) Accused: Mr R Pettit